Build It Yourself

Projects

Step-by-step projects for people who want useful AI without renting it. Each project assumes basic command-line comfort but no prior AI knowledge. We will publish verified examples first.

Current projects

Start here

These are the projects we have verified and can stand behind. More are in the works — we do not publish half-finished tutorials.

Run a local LLM on a laptop

Ollama, LM Studio, and a 10-minute setup. No API keys, no cloud, no subscription.

Verified

Build a personal knowledge search

Index your notes, PDFs, and documents. Query them with a local model. Works offline.

In progress

Replace a $20/month SaaS with a local script

Pick one task you already pay for, automate it locally, and keep the difference.

In progress

Rules of the road

What we will and will not publish

We will

Publish projects we have actually built and tested. Include exact commands, expected outputs, and where things break.

We will not

Publish a “10-minute tutorial” that takes three hours, or pretend a complex system is easy. If a project needs an engineer, we will say so.